A GUIDE WAS PREPARED FOR STUDENTS IN THE EIGHTH-GRADE LANGUAGE CURRICULUM. THE GUIDE CONTAINED INSTRUCTIONS AND EXERCISES APPROPRIATE FOR UNITS ON SOUNDS OF ENGLISH AND WRITING SYSTEMS. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON ENGLISH SOUNDS (CONSONANT AND VOWEL PHONEMES) WAS PRESENTED. THE UNIT ON WRITING SYSTEMS WAS CONCERNED WITH (1) RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SPEECH AND WRITING, (2) TYPES OF WRITING (PICTURE, IDEOGRAPHIC, AND PHONETIC), AND (3) THE HISTORY OF WRITING. QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND RELATED ASSIGNMENTS WERE ALSO PRESENTED. THE STUDY GUIDE FOR STUDENTS WAS KEYED TO A WRITING SYSTEMS GUIDE FOR TEACHERS (ED 010 158). (WN)